DarkCast
61.2
Good
37/39 factors
00:43 UTC · Mar 03
83.2
Peak
Excellent in +32h
Wed Mar 04, 08:43 UTC
Sky Clarity
Good
72
Good transparency, minimal haze
Darkness
Poor
23
Significant light pollution or bright moon
Celestial
Good
85
No moon or celestial interference
Conditions
Good
86
Calm and dry conditions
Site
Coordinates
-29.26, -70.73
Elevation
2335 m
Light Pollution
27.3 mag
84
Transparency
24.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Fog Probability
GATE
|
1.0
|
0.00 — | 0.85 |
|
Wildfire Smoke Density
GATE
|
1.0
|
0.01 — | 0.82 |
|
Total Cloud Fraction
|
0.99
|
0.01 [0,1] | 0.67 |
|
Aod 550nm
|
0.88
|
0.06 — | 0.87 |
|
Airglow Intensity
|
0.86
|
71.90 R | 0.6 |
|
Precipitable Water Vapor
|
0.79
|
10.38 mm | 0.85 |
|
Ozone Column
|
0.79
|
211 DU | 0.94 |
|
Volcanic Aerosol Stratospheric
|
0.62
|
0.04 — | 0.69 |
|
Humidity Profile Extinction
RESIDUAL
|
0.81
|
0.14 — | 0.85 |
85
Celestial
15.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Solar Depression Angle
|
1.0
|
19.59 ° | 1.0 |
|
Aurora Activity
|
1.0
|
0.00 Kp [0-9] | 0.63 |
|
Zodiacal Light Intensity
|
1.0
|
0.00 — | 0.9 |
|
Lunar Sky Brightness Contribution
|
0.71
|
1.46 Δmag/arcsec² | 0.95 |
|
Galactic Plane Brightness
RESIDUAL
|
0.59
|
0.41 — | 0.95 |
87
Weather
14.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Precipitation Probability
GATE
|
1.0
|
0.00 — | 0.75 |
|
Frost Dew On Optics Risk
|
1.0
|
0.00 — | 0.85 |
|
Barometric Pressure Trend
|
0.99
|
0.32 hPa/3hr | 0.85 |
|
Surface Wind Speed
|
0.85
|
5.99 km/h | 0.85 |
|
Ground Thermal Emission Phase
|
0.45
|
0.45 — | 1.0 |
|
Dew Point Convergence Rate
RESIDUAL
|
0.97
|
0.10 K/hr | 0.89 |
|
Condition Stability Forecast
RESIDUAL
|
0.97
|
0.97 — | 0.85 |
|
Ambient Temperature Comfort
RESIDUAL
|
0.79
|
293 K | 0.89 |
60
Seeing
20.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Boundary Layer Gradient
|
1.0
|
-2.00 K/km | 0.89 |
|
Terrain Turbulence Risk
|
0.92
|
0.08 — | 0.85 |
|
Jet Stream Speed
|
0.64
|
53.90 kt | 0.8 |
|
Scintillation Index Estimate
RESIDUAL
|
0.99
|
0.54 " | 0.89 |
|
Upper Atmosphere Wind Shear
RESIDUAL
|
0.25
|
37.52 kt | 0.8 |
|
Inversion Layer Strength
RESIDUAL
|
0.17
|
0.00 K | 0.89 |
23
Light Pollution
19.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Zenith Sky Brightness
|
1.0
|
27.28 mag/arcsec² | 0.9 |
|
Nearest City Skyglow
|
0.53
|
87.01 km | 0.85 |
|
Cloud Amplified Skyglow
RESIDUAL
|
1.0
|
0.00 Δmag/arcsec² | 0.67 |
|
Commercial Shutoff Factor
RESIDUAL
|
0.0
|
0.00 [0,1] | 0.6 |
85
Local
8.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Site Elevation
|
0.93
|
2335 m AMSL | 1.0 |
|
Local Aqi
|
0.9
|
19.99 AQI | 0.82 |
|
Satellite Trail Density
|
0.81
|
18.72 tr/hr | 0.75 |
|
Horizon Obstruction Index
|
0.8
|
5.89 ° | 0.9 |
|
Local Thermal Sources
|
0.7
|
0.30 — | 0.7 |
Site Characteristics
Elevation
2335 m
Horizon
5.9°
Light Pollution
27.3 mag
Nearest City
76.5 km
pop 45k
Nearest Water
58.6 km
Thermal Index
0.3
Roughness
0.259
Elev. Change
652 m
Coordinates
-29.26, -70.73
Algorithm
WGM = 61.99
x
Gate = 0.9867
=
61.2
/ 100
NSQI v0.3.0